Summers, the season of refreshing lemonades and tasty mango shakes is here. Our food intake tends to go down in summer season due to slow metabolism as a result of excessive heat but add a dash of lemon to your dal or rice and your appetite is back in no time. Besides lemon is also a storehouse of natural antioxidants and antibacterial properties that will help you fight infections especially common cold and viral fever. (Also read: 5 delicious recipes you can make with leftover rice)
Do not skip lunch if you don't feel like eating a regular dal-roti-sabzi thali, take some boiled rice or leftover rice, peanuts, mustard seeds and urad dal to spice up your meal time. Masterchef Pankaj Bhadouria in her recent post shared a super-delicious lemon rice recipe that will leave you asking for more.
Take a look:
Ingredients
2 tbsp oil
1/2 cup peanuts
1/2 tsp mustard seeds
1/2 tsp urad dal
1/2 tsp chana dal
2 whole red chillies
A handful of cashew nuts
1/2 tsp finely chopped ginger
Couple of curry leaves
1 tsp turmeric
1 1/2 cups of boiled rice
Salt to taste
Lemon
Method
* Heat 2 tbsp oil in pan and add some peanuts to it. Fry the peanuts nicely till they are aromatic. Remove them from the heat and take them out in a plate.
* Now add 1/2 tsp mustard seeds 1/2 tsp urad dal, 1/2 tsp chana dal to the oil and roast it nicely.
* Then add two whole red chillies, some cashew nuts, 1 tsp finely chopped ginger to it.
* After adding some curry leaves and 1 tsp turmeric, mix 1/2 cups boiled or leftover rice and sprinkle in some salt to taste.
* Squeeze in some lemon and add fried peanut on the top.
* Serve hot.
